Heel-guard for boots or shoes.



E. C. POND.

HEEL GJARD FOR BOOTS OR SHOES. APPLICATION FILED JUNE. 26. m2. RENEWED OCT. 20, 1914.

1 ,1 SLQQOG 121mm m 11, 1915.

EDWARD G. POND, OFPETERSBURG', VIRGINIA.

HEEL-GUARD FOR BOOTS OR SHOES.

Application filed June as, 1912, Serial No. 706,071.

To all u /1.0m. it may concern:

.Be it known that I, EmvAnn'C. POND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Petersburg, in the county of Dinwiddie and State of Virginia, have invented certain newand useful Improvements n Heel-Guards for Boots or Shoes and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the artvto which it ap:

pertains to make and use the same.

- The present invention relates to a foot protecting device for boots or shoes, and has for its purpose to provide an article of that character incorporated in the boot or shoe;

at the heel portion thereof, to the end of protecting the foot of the wearer from the pr jecting ends of the heel nails or pegs which cause injury to the'feet, aswell as to the stockings or socks of the wearer, bycoming in contact with rusty nails and uneven surface of leather as exists in the ordinary shoe; and also to prolong the wear of the leather at the shoe heel. 1

The invention has for its further purpose to provide a device of the character in ques tion which will in no manner detract from the appearance of the shoe, and will be the occasion of, no inconvenience to the wearer, zfit the same time producing comfort to the oot.

With these and other objects in view the invention consists in the novel details of construction and combinations of parts more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification in which like numerals designate like parts in all the views: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of the'device, illustrating its application to a shoe; Fig. 2 is an enlarged view, in side elevation, of the device; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view thereof, partly broken away for the sake of cl'earness; and Fig. dis a transverse sectional view taken on thei'line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Referring to the construction in detail, A

the usual indicates the boot or shoe havin insole B, which overlies the heel as in the usual manner.

The protecting device for the heel consists ofan inner steel plate 1 of the convex concavo design in cross section, and which is Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May it, 1915, Renewed October 20; 1914. Serial No. senses.

shaped to conform with the heel portion 1) of the insole B. And an outer plate 2, coin structed of non-corrosive metal, hard rubber, leather, fiber, or other material, and likewise of convex concave design in cross section, is also shaped to conform with the heel portion I) of the insole. The outer plate 2 is provided at suitable intervals with tongues or clips 3, which are bent around and against the underside ,of the heel portion D of the insole. The plate 2 is also constructed want" similar tongues or clips 4 alternating with the tongues 3, and whose-purpose is to secure the inner plate 1 against movement relative to the heel portion D, or outer plate 2. Said tongues 4 are bent around and disposed against the underside of the inner plate 1 in the same manner as that described of the tongues 3. To additionally secure the-inner plate to the outer plate,'said outer plate is provided with tongues 5 located at either end of the front edge of said plate, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. This plate 2 can be made witha flange, head, rivet-or other device, to attachto plate 1, the clips or tongues being preferred. To the end that the heel protecting device will occasion no inconvenience, or ill-comfort, to the wearer, the front edges of both the inner and outer plates are beveled at 6- and 7, respectively. Y

The device may, if desired, be concealed from view by having a heel piece of l ard or soft leather overlying the'surface of the plate 2; but it is preferred that the surface of the plate 2 be left uncovered, since the same is designed to be made of highly polished metal, such as nickel, copper, aluminum, or of non-corrosive material, and in which case the heel of the foot would at all times have a smooth and uniform surface, as distinct from a rough or irregular one, which is the case with insole heel pieces of the present used kind.

The employment of the metal plates will not in the least efiect the resiliency desired at the heel portion of the shoe, smce this is g the spirit of my invention, and therefore I do not wish to be limited to such'features except as may-be required by the claims.

- What I claim is L The combination with'a boot or shoe having-an'insole of a heel protecting device therefor comprising a plate overlying the heel portion of the insole; a metallic plate overlying said plate and conforming therewith; and means along the outer edges of said metallic plate engaging with and secured to the heel portion of the insole along the outer edges thereof, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a-boot or shoe having an insoleof a heel protecting device therefor comprising a metallic plate overlying the heel portion of the insole; a metal- 110 plate overlying said plate and conforming therewith; and a pluralit of tongues formed integral with the second named plate "having an insole of a heel protecting device therefor comprising a plate overlying the heel portion'of the insole; and means along the outer edges of said plate engaging with and secured to the heel portion of the insole along the outer edges thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I affix my s gnature in presence of two Witnesses.

EDWARD C. POND.

Witnesses ARTHUR B. 7009, F. Srnar'ron. 

